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Il Bambino di Beslan / The Child of Beslan

Renzo Jarno Vandi
2006

Description

Bronze sculpture of a angry boy in underwear. The artist calls the statue 'Bambini di Beslan nell'urlo della scultura' (The children of Beslan in the shadow of a sculpture).

It commemorates the Beslan school siege from on 1 to 3 September 2004, involving the illegal imprisonment of over 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children), and ended with the death of at least 385 people (including 186 children) (Wikipedia).

Information Sign

Dedicato ai bambini di Beslan
(Ossezia, Russia) periti
nella tragedia del settembre 2004.

Dedicated to the children of Beslan
(Ossezia, Russia) who died
in the tragedy of september 2004.

Scultura di Vandi Renzo Jarno
2006

San Marino - Urlo di Beslan

Artist

Renzo Jarno Vandi (San Marino 1974), Sammarinese sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

San Marino per tutti, Museo all'Aria Aperta, in English: Open Air Museum.
GiornaleSM, 12 May 2014, San Marino. Dov’è finito il bambino di Beslan? la statua in via Donna Felicissima che ricorda la strage del 1 settembre 2004.

Location (N 43°56'5" - E 12°26'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: sm23; Photograph: 10 May 2017
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